Oil-burner.



nnrrnn srnirns; rggrnnr orricn i WILLIAM D. BREOKENRIDGE, OF WAGO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J. M. POWERS,

JR., OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

OIL-BURNER.

No. 920,819. A

Specification of Letters Patient.

'Patented May 4, 190e.

Application led. August 26, 19GB. Serial N0.' 450,292.

McLennan and State of Texas, have. -in,

vented'certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Burners, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable others skilled iz the artto which it appertains to make and use the Sallie. 4

y 'My invention relates to improvements in' devices for burning rened o1l-and consists in certain novel features Which Will 'beherei mafter rst fully described and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

ln the annexed drawings, which .fully illustrate the invention, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectionof my improved burner; Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same taken on the line 2-"2 of F ig. Land Figi isa detail perspective view of the diaphragm.

. The body, l, of the burner is mainly of a cylindrical form and is provided With`a feed passage, 2, leading up tol and communicating with a port, 3, through which the-oil from the supply pipe., 4f, escapes into an upper ends of the chamber 5, lues, 8, extend downward and then inward toward each other andare provided With. jets or llame orifices, 9,' in their upper sides near or atvtheir ex tremitiesas clearly shown.

. chamber 5V is formed a longitudinal n diaflow over the diaphragm and through the phragm, 10, provided With notches, 11, in its edges at its center. y

Vhen it is desired 'to start'the burner, a

an of an convenient size is held under thev urner an the needle v'alve'i's-manipulated to open the port 3 whereupon the Voil will notches `in the edges thereof .after which it flows through the ues Stothe tips Where it escapes through the jets '9 into the pan. As the pan forms no 'part of my invention, I

have not illustrated the same. Any pan can be used and the use of the same is common y Within the to oil burners. The diaphragm is convex on its upper surface so as to direct the oil positively to the sides of the 'chamber and the notches are at the center. -of the dia- `phragm 4so that the voil will flow to the two jets' equally. Oil having overtlowed into the pan, as stated, a llame from a match or other source is applied-thereto so as to cause combustion ofthe same, theflovv of oil to the burner being temporarily cut oil'. Thisinitial flame Willthoroughly heat `up the body of the burner so that the oil fed into the sup,

ply `chamber thereof Willv be vapor-ized and the vapor Will burnin a strong steady flame when it issuesfrom the jets.

It will be understood of course, that theneedle valve is closed a ter the pan is lilled for the vinitial flame. lill/'hen the initial flame supply has been consumed land the burner is heated, the' an is put aside and the valve is opened to a mit a supply of fuel to the ignition ports. The burner body having been heated by the initial flame, the oil entering the burner will now be vaporized and will burn at the' ignition -ports with a strong steady flame. The needle valve enables the userto adjust the escape of il into the retort chamber so that it Will enter said chamber in very small quantities and consequently vwill beA quickly vaporized. The diaphragm serves to further retard the l'lovvso that any oil` that should escape vaporization upon lts entrance into the retort chamber will be vaporized before passing 4to the ignition ports.

Furthermore, the diaphragm prevents such Afuel passing to the ignition ports except at the center' ofthe. burner where :the heat is greatest so that vaporization will be complete before the fuelreaches the llame. l

The device lis' very simple in its construction and is eicient inoperation, requiring no attention to keep 1t 1n a condition of operative cleanliness. y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byl Letters-Patl. An oil burner havin a'.pair of jets, a

chamber, a pair of jets below the said chamber, fines leading from the ends of the chamand communicating with the ends of the ber to the jets, and a diaphragm Within the same, and a convex diaphragm Within the chamber having notches in its edges. chamber provided with notches in its edges.

3. An oil biirner'complising a body hzw- In testimony whereof, l have signed this 5 ing an admission port and an upwardly eX- specification in the presence of two subsclibl5 tending passage leading to the said port, :i ing Witnesses. valve mounted in the body above the said l WILLIAM D. BRECKENRlDGE'. passage and controlling the port, a, retort Witnesses: v chamber receivingthe oil throuofh the said CHARLES LOWELL HOWARD;

10 port, a pair of jets below the sind chamber l. v BISHOP; 

